AEAlaska Crafter Ten years ago I was overcome with the urge to craft, so I found a book on crochet and began making hats. When Mike Nizich got the urge to craft, he didn't pick up a crochet hook. He picked up five different refined skills, a hobby, a second job, three garages and an art form that would make him a name in the world of Alaskan crafts. I became a crochetier; he became a taxidermist.